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Storyline
Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile. Written by
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Plot Synopsis
Taglines:
A forbidden love. An unthinkable attraction. The ultimate price.
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Motion Picture Rating
(MPAA)
Rated R for aberrant sexuality, a strong scene of violence, nudity and some language
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Details
Release Date:
25 September 1998 (USA)
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Box Office
Budget:
$58,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend:
$19,492
(USA)
(24 July 1998)
Gross:
£73,685
(UK)
(15 May 1998)
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Interior shots of Clare Quilty's home were filmed in Chinqua Penn Plantation in Reidsville, NC.
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Goofs
When Quilty plays the concerto's opening theme on the piano, his hands are ascending, but the music is descending. However, the piano continues to play when he leaves it, indicating that it is in fact a player piano, and he was not playing the piece at all.
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Quotes
[
first lines]
Humbert:
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voiceover]
She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks, she was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always - Lolita. Light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin. My soul.
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whispered]
Humbert:
Lolita.
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Crazy Credits
After the credits are over there is a brief clip where Lolita is shown juggling a red apple.
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Connections
Version of
Lolita (1962)
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Soundtracks
Night On Bald Mountain
Written by
Modest Mussorgsky
Arranged by
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (as N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Performed by
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (as L'Orchestre de Suisse Romande)
Conducted by
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